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western carolinian vol v salisbury n c tuesday january 25 1s25 o 242 im-id â– Â»*!> rvr.:.i c nf.n evetit tcisdai ing treaties to be held with the remote competent to act than the general tribes on the missouri by commission government ; and there can be no ra ers to be appointed by the president tional doubt but that as the population and to be accompanied by a military and capital of the several states io escort the commissioners have crease these powerful means of develo however been appointed general ping their resources will receive from atkinson and major o'fallon the their respective legislatures due at agem on the missouri and measures tention but as numerous as this adopted to carry the provisions of the class of improvement is and important act into effect as soon in the spring as as it may be to the general govem the season will admit it is believed ment in the discharge of the various that much good will result from the duties confided by the constitution o measure by giving increased security it there are other improvements nÂ«t to our citizens and trade in that remote comprehended in it of a more general region : but is feared that nothing short character which are more essentially ol permanent military posts will afford connected with the performance of iti complete security to either duties while they are less intimately the appropriation of the sum of slo connected with those belonging to thf ooo annually for the civilization of the state governments and less withit indians is producing very beneficial their power of execution itisbeliev effects by improving the condition of ed that this class and this only was the various tribes in our neigborhood comprehended in the provisions of the already 32 schools are established in act in projecting the surveys in this the indian nations and for the most view of the subject the whole union part a.e well conducted in which du must be considered as one and the at ring the present year 916 youths of tention directed not to those roads and both sexes have been instructed in canals which may facilitate intercourse reading writing arithmetic and all of between p*rts of the sime state but to the ordinary occupations of life so those which may bind all of the parts large a body of well instructed youths together and the whole with the cen of whom several hundred will annually tre thereby facilitating commerce and return to their homes cannot fail to ef intercourse among the states and ena ft-ct a beneficial change in the condi bling the government to disseminate tion of this unhj'ppy race promptly thro the mail information the acts making appropriation for to every part and to extend protection the repairs of plymouth beach the im to the whole by extending those provements of the entrance into the principles the line of communication harbor of presq isle on lake erie by roads and canals through the states and of the navigation of the ohio and the general government instead of mississippi claimed the early atten interfering with the governments with tion of the department the execu in their proper spheres of action will tion of the two first of these works was afford particularly to those states situ placed under the superintendence of ated in the interior the only means of officers of the corps of engineers the perfecting improvements of similar first is nearly completed and prepara description which properly belong to tory arrangements hive been made for them th early execution of the second an these principles being fixed it only officer also r;f the corp c , was assigned remained to apply them to our actual to the execution of the act tor the im geographical position to determine provement of the navigation of the what particular routes were of " na ohio so far as it authorized an exper tional importance and which ac iment to be made in removing the c rdinglv the board should be direc sand-bars which obstructed the navi ted to examine in order to cause sur gation of that river the officer was veys plans and estimates to be pre prepared to make the experiment but pared r.s directed by the act the river remained too lull during the ihe first and most important was fall lor a fair trial under the other ronceived to be the route for a canal provisions ol the act directing measures extending from the seat to be taken to remove the snaggs s.iw bv the potomac to the ohio river and yers and planter . which obstruct the thence to lake erie ; and accordingly navigation ol the ohio and m ississippi as soon as the board was organized it a contract has been formed with a was ordered to examine sand cause this gentleman experienced in their n^vig important route to be surveyed dr tion to free both ol tiiose rivers from william howard and mr james all such obstructions in conformity shriver both of whom were well ac with the provisions ot the act for ihe quainted with the localities of the sum of s60,000 to be paid on the route were associated as assistants execution ot ihe work in the con with the board two topographical tract it is stipulated that it shall be brigades all that could be spared from executed under the superintendence the survey of the coast for the purpose and inspection of an officer of the corps of fortification and one brigade of ot engineers survevors under mr shriver were in order to carry into effect the act placed under the orders of the board of congress of the 30th april last the examination of the route was authorizing the president " fo cause completed in september â€¢ but the sur the necessary surveys plans and esti vey will not be finished till the next mates to be made of the routes season that part of it however of sucn roads and canals as he may i which is most interesting the section deem of national importance in a com oi the summit level of the allegany mercial or military point of view or including its eastern slope is complet necessary to the transportation of the cd which it is hoped will enable the public mail a board was constituted board to determine during the present con'-isting of general bernard and winter on the practicability of the pro colonel totten of the engineer corps ject should it prove practicable its and john l sullivan an experienced execution would be of incalculable ad civil engineer it become necessary vantage to the country it would in giving orders to the board under bind together by the strongest bond the act to determine what routes tor of common interest and security a ve roads and canals were of " national im r*y large portion of this union : but in portance in the views contemplated order fully to realize its ** importance by the act as such only as the president in a national point of view it will be might deem to be of that description necessary to advert to some of the were authorized to^be examined and more striking geographical features of surveyed in deciding this point it our country became necessary to advert to our poll the united states may be consider tical system in its distribution of pow ed in a geographical point of view ns ers and duties between the general and consisting of three distinct parts ; of state governments in thus regard which the portion extending along the ing our system it was conceived that shores of the atlantic and back to the all of those routes of roads and canals alleghany mountains constitutes one ; which might be fairly considered as that lying on the lakes and the st falling within the province of any par lawrence another ; and that watered ticular state however useful they by the mississippi including its vari might be in a commercial or political ous branches the other these sev view or to the transportation of the eral portions are very distinctly mark mail were excluded from the provi ed by well defined lines and have na sions of this act the states have im rurally but little connexion particular portant duties to perform in facilita ly in a commercial point of view it ting by means of roads and canals is only by artificial means of commu commercial and political intercourse nication that this natural separation among their citizens : and within the can be overcome ; to effect which great canal of new-york firmly unites the country of the lakes with the at lantic through the channel of the north-river ; and the national road from cumberland to wheeling com menced under the administration of mr jefferson unites but more im perfectly the western with the atlan tic states but the complete union of these separate parts which geogra phically constitute our country can only be effected by completion of the projected canal to the ohio and lake erie by means of which the country lying on the lakes will be firmly uni ted to that on the western waters and both with the atlantic states and the whole intimately connected with the centre these considerations ot them selves without taking into view oth ers fairly bring this great work within the provision of the act directing the surveys ; but when we extend our views and consider the ohio and the mississippi with its great branches but as a prolongation of the canal it must be admitted to be not only of na tional importance but of the very highest national interest in a com mercial military and a political point of view thus considered it in volves the completion of the improve ments of the navigation of both these rivers which has been commenced un der the appropriation of the last ses sion of congress : and also canals round the falls of the ohio at louis ville and muscle shoals on the ten nessee river ; both of which it is be lieved can be executed at a moderate expense with these improvements the projected canal would not only unite the three great sections of the country together as has been pointed out but would also unite in the most intimate manner all of the states on the lakes and the western waters among themselves and give complete effect to whatever improvement may be made by those states individually the advantages in fact from the com pletion of this single work as propo sed would be so extended and rami fied throughout these great divisions of our country already containing so large a portion of our population and destined in a few generations to out number the most populous states of europe as to leave in that quarter no other work for the execution of the general government excepting only the extension of c umberlandroad from wheeling to st louis which is also conceived to be of national import ance with the centre of the union the states of new hampshire and maine though lying beyond the point where these improvements would terminate would not on that account less parti cipate in the advantages as they are no less interested ihan massachusetts herself in avoiding the long and dan gerous passage round cape cod which would be effected by the union of barnstable with buzzard's bay in the section lying south of this none of these advantages for commu nication by canals exist a line of in land navigation extends it is true along nearly the whole line of coasts which is susceptible of improvement and may be rendered highly servicea ble particularly in war and on that ac count mav be fairly considered of " national importance the dismal swamp canal from the chesapeake bay to albemarle sound which is nearly completed constitutes a very impor tant link in this navigation but it is conceived that for the southern divi sion of our country the improvement which would best effect the views of congress would be a durable road extending from the seat of government to new orleans through the atlantic states and the board will accordingly receive instructions to examine the route as soon as the next season will permit the completion of this work and the line of canals to the north would unite the several atlantic states in cluding those on the gulf in a strong bond of union and connect the whole with the centre which would also be united as has been shown with those on the lakes and western waters by the improvement projected in that quarter these three great works then the canal to ohio and lake erie with the improvement of the navigation of the ohio mississippi and the canal round the muscle shoal : the series of canals connecting the bays north of the seat of government and a durable road ex tending from the seat of government to new-orleans uniting the whole of the southern atlantic states are con ceived to be the most important objects within the provisions of the act of ztls last session the beneficial effects which would flow from such a sys tem of improvement would extend directly and immediately to every state in the union ; and the expenditure that would bear a fair proportion to the wealth and population of the sev eral sections of the countrv at least as they will stand a few years hence when completed it would greatly facilitate commerce and intercourse among the states while it would afford to the government the means of trans mitting information through the mail promptly to every part and of giving effectual protection to every portion of our widely extended country there are several other routes which though not essential to the system are deemed of great importance in a com mercial and military point of view and which the board will receive in structions to examine among these the most prominent is the connexion wherever it may prove practicable of the eastern and western waters through the principal rivers discharg ing themselves into the atlantic and the gu!ph of mexico : for example the alabama and savannah rivers with the tennessee james river with the kenawa and the susquehannah with the alleghany ; which last will be more particularly adverted to in a subse quent part of the report to these we may add the route from lake champlain to the st lawrence and from the river st john across flori da neck to the gulph of mexico they are both deemed important but the latter particularly should it prove practicable its beneficial effects would be great comprehensible and durable the whole of the atlantic and western states would deeply par take in its advantages besides the facility of intercourse which it would afford between those states our trade with mexico guatimala and the cen : tral parts of the continent would nob , only be greatly facilitated but render â– ed much more secure ns of the western carolinian will follows tniee dollars a year ! ii advance per discontinued except at the option - , until all arrearages are paid t will be inserted a fifty cents for the first insertion and twenty-five each subsequent one il to the editor must be or tiicv will not be attended t .^^^ rational sje&iirs etary of war to die president of tue united states department of war dec 1 s24 fir in compliance with yourdirec ions i herewith transmit reports from the various branches of the military vstabibhment lettered from a to k which contain a full statement of the administration of that portion of the rvice which is confided to the jjepanm-nt of war the reports nf jjrd satisfactory evidence that a high decree of excellence has been attained in the administration of the different branches of the department not rm instance of defalcation or loss has thus far occurred and there is every rrasnn to believe that the disburse ments of the vear will be made with out the loss of a cent to the govern ment the accounts have already been rendered for nearly all the money which has been drawn from the trea vjrv in the three first quarters of the rear on account of the army fortlfi cation ordnrtnee and indian affair and it is anticipated with confidence â€¢ accounts of the whole of the disbursement these quarter will be endered before the termination of the vear the old unsettled accounts of â– dt-nartmfnt which at the com mencement of the present administra tian amounted to 45,111,123 have been reduced to s3 130,991 ; and fur ther accumulation is effectually pre vented in the department by strict fi delity and punctuality in expenditure and settlement of accounts in order to improve the discipline * oi the artillery eleven companies have been collected at fortress monroe at old point comfort which have been formed into a corps as a school of prac tice for the artillery the dispersed condition of the artillery rendered the measure necessary to the improvement of its discipline bv passing the whole corps in succession through the school a degree of perfection will be given to the discipline of the artillery nearly il not quite equal to that which could he a-.tained were it practicable to colle t it into one bod instead of dispersed as it is in garrisons m the different fortresses along the whole line of the coast to carry the srran^ementinto full effect will require tne ai 1 of congress an appropria tion in particular will be necessary to furnish horses for instruction in the bgbt artillery exercise which may also used in instructing the cavalry drill ; a branch of service in which the army is now without skill or instruction the route which is deemed next in importance in a national point of view is the one extending through the en tire of the atlantic states including those on the gulph of m exico by ad verting to the division of our country through which this route must pass it will be seen that there is a striking dif ference in geographical features be tween the portions which extend south and north of the seat of government including the chesapeake bay with its various arms in the latter division in the northern parts of the division all of the great rivers terminate in deep and bold navigable estuaries while an opposite character distinguishes the mouths of the rivers in the other this difference gives greater advanta ges to improvement by canal in the northern and less in the southern di vision in the former it is conceiv ed to be of high national importance to unite its deep and capacious bays by a series of canals ; and the board was accordingly instructed to examine the routes for canals between the delaware and the rariton between barnstable and buzzard's bays and boston har bour and naraganset bay the exe cution of the very important link in this line of communication between the delaware and the chesapeake hav ing been already commenced was not comprehended in the order the or | ders will be executed by the board , before the termination of the season the important results which would follow from the completion of this chain in a commercial military and i political point of view are so striking that they need not be dwelt on it would at all times in peace and war afford a prompt cheap and safe com munication between all of the states north of the seat of government and 1 1 jt 1 l . â€¢ ! â€¢_ _ a board of officers has been consti tuted to revise the book of field exer ercise and manenvres of infantry vhich was adopted at the close of the late war in order to a new and more correct edition and to adapt it as far as practicable to the service of militia it i3 proposed also to add to it a sys tem of light infantry and cavalry drill and to correct and enlarge the military rules and regulations so as to render hem as perfect as is practicable with ur nresent experience the organization of the indian de partment has been much improved in course of the year the beneficial effects of which is already apparent in its improved administration the hostilities of the remote tribes n the missouri still continue and has extended in some degree to those on the upper missouri and the upper es the continued hostility among tr e various tribes themselves in that quarter it is believed has contributed Â«Â» no small degree to the murder of ur citizens and depredations on their property which have occurred ; and measures have been taken to effect if possible a general pacification among them the season was too far advanced hen the act parsed to carry into effect the board have besides those al ready mentioned examined in con

western carolinian vol v salisbury n c tuesday january 25 1s25 o 242 im-id â– Â»*!> rvr.:.i c nf.n evetit tcisdai ing treaties to be held with the remote competent to act than the general tribes on the missouri by commission government ; and there can be no ra ers to be appointed by the president tional doubt but that as the population and to be accompanied by a military and capital of the several states io escort the commissioners have crease these powerful means of develo however been appointed general ping their resources will receive from atkinson and major o'fallon the their respective legislatures due at agem on the missouri and measures tention but as numerous as this adopted to carry the provisions of the class of improvement is and important act into effect as soon in the spring as as it may be to the general govem the season will admit it is believed ment in the discharge of the various that much good will result from the duties confided by the constitution o measure by giving increased security it there are other improvements nÂ«t to our citizens and trade in that remote comprehended in it of a more general region : but is feared that nothing short character which are more essentially ol permanent military posts will afford connected with the performance of iti complete security to either duties while they are less intimately the appropriation of the sum of slo connected with those belonging to thf ooo annually for the civilization of the state governments and less withit indians is producing very beneficial their power of execution itisbeliev effects by improving the condition of ed that this class and this only was the various tribes in our neigborhood comprehended in the provisions of the already 32 schools are established in act in projecting the surveys in this the indian nations and for the most view of the subject the whole union part a.e well conducted in which du must be considered as one and the at ring the present year 916 youths of tention directed not to those roads and both sexes have been instructed in canals which may facilitate intercourse reading writing arithmetic and all of between p*rts of the sime state but to the ordinary occupations of life so those which may bind all of the parts large a body of well instructed youths together and the whole with the cen of whom several hundred will annually tre thereby facilitating commerce and return to their homes cannot fail to ef intercourse among the states and ena ft-ct a beneficial change in the condi bling the government to disseminate tion of this unhj'ppy race promptly thro the mail information the acts making appropriation for to every part and to extend protection the repairs of plymouth beach the im to the whole by extending those provements of the entrance into the principles the line of communication harbor of presq isle on lake erie by roads and canals through the states and of the navigation of the ohio and the general government instead of mississippi claimed the early atten interfering with the governments with tion of the department the execu in their proper spheres of action will tion of the two first of these works was afford particularly to those states situ placed under the superintendence of ated in the interior the only means of officers of the corps of engineers the perfecting improvements of similar first is nearly completed and prepara description which properly belong to tory arrangements hive been made for them th early execution of the second an these principles being fixed it only officer also r;f the corp c , was assigned remained to apply them to our actual to the execution of the act tor the im geographical position to determine provement of the navigation of the what particular routes were of " na ohio so far as it authorized an exper tional importance and which ac iment to be made in removing the c rdinglv the board should be direc sand-bars which obstructed the navi ted to examine in order to cause sur gation of that river the officer was veys plans and estimates to be pre prepared to make the experiment but pared r.s directed by the act the river remained too lull during the ihe first and most important was fall lor a fair trial under the other ronceived to be the route for a canal provisions ol the act directing measures extending from the seat to be taken to remove the snaggs s.iw bv the potomac to the ohio river and yers and planter . which obstruct the thence to lake erie ; and accordingly navigation ol the ohio and m ississippi as soon as the board was organized it a contract has been formed with a was ordered to examine sand cause this gentleman experienced in their n^vig important route to be surveyed dr tion to free both ol tiiose rivers from william howard and mr james all such obstructions in conformity shriver both of whom were well ac with the provisions ot the act for ihe quainted with the localities of the sum of s60,000 to be paid on the route were associated as assistants execution ot ihe work in the con with the board two topographical tract it is stipulated that it shall be brigades all that could be spared from executed under the superintendence the survey of the coast for the purpose and inspection of an officer of the corps of fortification and one brigade of ot engineers survevors under mr shriver were in order to carry into effect the act placed under the orders of the board of congress of the 30th april last the examination of the route was authorizing the president " fo cause completed in september â€¢ but the sur the necessary surveys plans and esti vey will not be finished till the next mates to be made of the routes season that part of it however of sucn roads and canals as he may i which is most interesting the section deem of national importance in a com oi the summit level of the allegany mercial or military point of view or including its eastern slope is complet necessary to the transportation of the cd which it is hoped will enable the public mail a board was constituted board to determine during the present con'-isting of general bernard and winter on the practicability of the pro colonel totten of the engineer corps ject should it prove practicable its and john l sullivan an experienced execution would be of incalculable ad civil engineer it become necessary vantage to the country it would in giving orders to the board under bind together by the strongest bond the act to determine what routes tor of common interest and security a ve roads and canals were of " national im r*y large portion of this union : but in portance in the views contemplated order fully to realize its ** importance by the act as such only as the president in a national point of view it will be might deem to be of that description necessary to advert to some of the were authorized to^be examined and more striking geographical features of surveyed in deciding this point it our country became necessary to advert to our poll the united states may be consider tical system in its distribution of pow ed in a geographical point of view ns ers and duties between the general and consisting of three distinct parts ; of state governments in thus regard which the portion extending along the ing our system it was conceived that shores of the atlantic and back to the all of those routes of roads and canals alleghany mountains constitutes one ; which might be fairly considered as that lying on the lakes and the st falling within the province of any par lawrence another ; and that watered ticular state however useful they by the mississippi including its vari might be in a commercial or political ous branches the other these sev view or to the transportation of the eral portions are very distinctly mark mail were excluded from the provi ed by well defined lines and have na sions of this act the states have im rurally but little connexion particular portant duties to perform in facilita ly in a commercial point of view it ting by means of roads and canals is only by artificial means of commu commercial and political intercourse nication that this natural separation among their citizens : and within the can be overcome ; to effect which great canal of new-york firmly unites the country of the lakes with the at lantic through the channel of the north-river ; and the national road from cumberland to wheeling com menced under the administration of mr jefferson unites but more im perfectly the western with the atlan tic states but the complete union of these separate parts which geogra phically constitute our country can only be effected by completion of the projected canal to the ohio and lake erie by means of which the country lying on the lakes will be firmly uni ted to that on the western waters and both with the atlantic states and the whole intimately connected with the centre these considerations ot them selves without taking into view oth ers fairly bring this great work within the provision of the act directing the surveys ; but when we extend our views and consider the ohio and the mississippi with its great branches but as a prolongation of the canal it must be admitted to be not only of na tional importance but of the very highest national interest in a com mercial military and a political point of view thus considered it in volves the completion of the improve ments of the navigation of both these rivers which has been commenced un der the appropriation of the last ses sion of congress : and also canals round the falls of the ohio at louis ville and muscle shoals on the ten nessee river ; both of which it is be lieved can be executed at a moderate expense with these improvements the projected canal would not only unite the three great sections of the country together as has been pointed out but would also unite in the most intimate manner all of the states on the lakes and the western waters among themselves and give complete effect to whatever improvement may be made by those states individually the advantages in fact from the com pletion of this single work as propo sed would be so extended and rami fied throughout these great divisions of our country already containing so large a portion of our population and destined in a few generations to out number the most populous states of europe as to leave in that quarter no other work for the execution of the general government excepting only the extension of c umberlandroad from wheeling to st louis which is also conceived to be of national import ance with the centre of the union the states of new hampshire and maine though lying beyond the point where these improvements would terminate would not on that account less parti cipate in the advantages as they are no less interested ihan massachusetts herself in avoiding the long and dan gerous passage round cape cod which would be effected by the union of barnstable with buzzard's bay in the section lying south of this none of these advantages for commu nication by canals exist a line of in land navigation extends it is true along nearly the whole line of coasts which is susceptible of improvement and may be rendered highly servicea ble particularly in war and on that ac count mav be fairly considered of " national importance the dismal swamp canal from the chesapeake bay to albemarle sound which is nearly completed constitutes a very impor tant link in this navigation but it is conceived that for the southern divi sion of our country the improvement which would best effect the views of congress would be a durable road extending from the seat of government to new orleans through the atlantic states and the board will accordingly receive instructions to examine the route as soon as the next season will permit the completion of this work and the line of canals to the north would unite the several atlantic states in cluding those on the gulf in a strong bond of union and connect the whole with the centre which would also be united as has been shown with those on the lakes and western waters by the improvement projected in that quarter these three great works then the canal to ohio and lake erie with the improvement of the navigation of the ohio mississippi and the canal round the muscle shoal : the series of canals connecting the bays north of the seat of government and a durable road ex tending from the seat of government to new-orleans uniting the whole of the southern atlantic states are con ceived to be the most important objects within the provisions of the act of ztls last session the beneficial effects which would flow from such a sys tem of improvement would extend directly and immediately to every state in the union ; and the expenditure that would bear a fair proportion to the wealth and population of the sev eral sections of the countrv at least as they will stand a few years hence when completed it would greatly facilitate commerce and intercourse among the states while it would afford to the government the means of trans mitting information through the mail promptly to every part and of giving effectual protection to every portion of our widely extended country there are several other routes which though not essential to the system are deemed of great importance in a com mercial and military point of view and which the board will receive in structions to examine among these the most prominent is the connexion wherever it may prove practicable of the eastern and western waters through the principal rivers discharg ing themselves into the atlantic and the gu!ph of mexico : for example the alabama and savannah rivers with the tennessee james river with the kenawa and the susquehannah with the alleghany ; which last will be more particularly adverted to in a subse quent part of the report to these we may add the route from lake champlain to the st lawrence and from the river st john across flori da neck to the gulph of mexico they are both deemed important but the latter particularly should it prove practicable its beneficial effects would be great comprehensible and durable the whole of the atlantic and western states would deeply par take in its advantages besides the facility of intercourse which it would afford between those states our trade with mexico guatimala and the cen : tral parts of the continent would nob , only be greatly facilitated but render â– ed much more secure ns of the western carolinian will follows tniee dollars a year ! ii advance per discontinued except at the option - , until all arrearages are paid t will be inserted a fifty cents for the first insertion and twenty-five each subsequent one il to the editor must be or tiicv will not be attended t .^^^ rational sje&iirs etary of war to die president of tue united states department of war dec 1 s24 fir in compliance with yourdirec ions i herewith transmit reports from the various branches of the military vstabibhment lettered from a to k which contain a full statement of the administration of that portion of the rvice which is confided to the jjepanm-nt of war the reports nf jjrd satisfactory evidence that a high decree of excellence has been attained in the administration of the different branches of the department not rm instance of defalcation or loss has thus far occurred and there is every rrasnn to believe that the disburse ments of the vear will be made with out the loss of a cent to the govern ment the accounts have already been rendered for nearly all the money which has been drawn from the trea vjrv in the three first quarters of the rear on account of the army fortlfi cation ordnrtnee and indian affair and it is anticipated with confidence â€¢ accounts of the whole of the disbursement these quarter will be endered before the termination of the vear the old unsettled accounts of â– dt-nartmfnt which at the com mencement of the present administra tian amounted to 45,111,123 have been reduced to s3 130,991 ; and fur ther accumulation is effectually pre vented in the department by strict fi delity and punctuality in expenditure and settlement of accounts in order to improve the discipline * oi the artillery eleven companies have been collected at fortress monroe at old point comfort which have been formed into a corps as a school of prac tice for the artillery the dispersed condition of the artillery rendered the measure necessary to the improvement of its discipline bv passing the whole corps in succession through the school a degree of perfection will be given to the discipline of the artillery nearly il not quite equal to that which could he a-.tained were it practicable to colle t it into one bod instead of dispersed as it is in garrisons m the different fortresses along the whole line of the coast to carry the srran^ementinto full effect will require tne ai 1 of congress an appropria tion in particular will be necessary to furnish horses for instruction in the bgbt artillery exercise which may also used in instructing the cavalry drill ; a branch of service in which the army is now without skill or instruction the route which is deemed next in importance in a national point of view is the one extending through the en tire of the atlantic states including those on the gulph of m exico by ad verting to the division of our country through which this route must pass it will be seen that there is a striking dif ference in geographical features be tween the portions which extend south and north of the seat of government including the chesapeake bay with its various arms in the latter division in the northern parts of the division all of the great rivers terminate in deep and bold navigable estuaries while an opposite character distinguishes the mouths of the rivers in the other this difference gives greater advanta ges to improvement by canal in the northern and less in the southern di vision in the former it is conceiv ed to be of high national importance to unite its deep and capacious bays by a series of canals ; and the board was accordingly instructed to examine the routes for canals between the delaware and the rariton between barnstable and buzzard's bays and boston har bour and naraganset bay the exe cution of the very important link in this line of communication between the delaware and the chesapeake hav ing been already commenced was not comprehended in the order the or | ders will be executed by the board , before the termination of the season the important results which would follow from the completion of this chain in a commercial military and i political point of view are so striking that they need not be dwelt on it would at all times in peace and war afford a prompt cheap and safe com munication between all of the states north of the seat of government and 1 1 jt 1 l . â€¢ ! â€¢_ _ a board of officers has been consti tuted to revise the book of field exer ercise and manenvres of infantry vhich was adopted at the close of the late war in order to a new and more correct edition and to adapt it as far as practicable to the service of militia it i3 proposed also to add to it a sys tem of light infantry and cavalry drill and to correct and enlarge the military rules and regulations so as to render hem as perfect as is practicable with ur nresent experience the organization of the indian de partment has been much improved in course of the year the beneficial effects of which is already apparent in its improved administration the hostilities of the remote tribes n the missouri still continue and has extended in some degree to those on the upper missouri and the upper es the continued hostility among tr e various tribes themselves in that quarter it is believed has contributed Â«Â» no small degree to the murder of ur citizens and depredations on their property which have occurred ; and measures have been taken to effect if possible a general pacification among them the season was too far advanced hen the act parsed to carry into effect the board have besides those al ready mentioned examined in con